YOU

 When matters do not go well as you perceive or go the  wrong  way, it is time you take a break. You must take rest, sift through what went wrong and assess what changes you have to initiate.

Please be open to feedbacks.

When your peers excel in performance,  introspect whether their success  adversely impacts  you. If it does and if it depresses and pressurises you, address it at once. It is not the end of the world as everyone goes through such phases in life.

As you never would like to be left behind, visit your failures positively and force them to inspire and motivate you. 

It'll always be a healthy race.

You have to be crystal clear how you should chart your course forward. 

You need to be self reliant.  You need to brave the storm of doubts and rivalry. You have to be independent. You have to make your own decisions. You have to  overcome  alone the  hardships on your path.  

It helps you  garner strength  to deal with the travails life throws across. 

 You  grow and evolve.